river-meadow

The young men trooped back from the river-meadow to bathe and dress, their voices lifted freely; the elders, who had not warmed their blood with contests and still felt the chill of death, clustered together.

The Bull From The Sea Renault, Mary 1962

On such a bluff he tells us wood should be planted, and we wonder that a hundred people had not said the same thing before; on such a river-meadow the grassy level should lie open to the sun, and we wonder who could ever have doubted it.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 Various

What hidden charm had they discovered in the river-meadow?

The Golden Calf 1875

'I have been expelled -- sent away at a minute's notice -- for the impropriety of my conduct in allowing you to talk to me in the river-meadow.'

The Golden Calf 1875

Yes, it is quite true; I am expelled, Eliza; sent out into the world without a character, because I allowed Mr. Wendover to walk and talk with the Fräulein and me for half an hour or so in the river-meadow!

The Golden Calf 1875

Keen scent of hay, crossing the dark air, met Emilia as she entered the river-meadow.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

Keen scent of hay, crossing the dark air, met Emilia as she entered the river-meadow.

Sandra Belloni — Complete George Meredith 1868

Keen scent of hay, crossing the dark air, met Emilia as she entered the river-meadow.

Sandra Belloni — Volume 3 George Meredith 1868

I wuss we war a 'in like necessity -- weel up upo' the hill i'stead o 'doon here upo' the haugh (river-meadow).

Sir Gibbie George MacDonald 1864

a duty which he owed to her and to society to watch Ida Palliser's proceedings in the river-meadow.

The Golden Calf 1875